If you were still wondering why Robert Plant isn’t entertaining the idea of another Led Zeppelin reunion, this album provided a definitive answer. Plant’s too busy expanding on his own solo ventures. He took the nascent explorations on 2005’s deeply underrated ‘Mighty ReArranger’ even further here, combining the bedrock influences of folk and Delta blues with ever-more far-flung sounds. When it was over, ‘Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar’ had outlined a muse without borders, gave no quarter to his oldest fans’ built-in expectations, and pushed with everything Plant could muster into places of remarkable scope and delicious intrigue.
The Fat Angel Sings 